13-10, China's magic boy Yan Bingtao knocked out the world's second Selby, reaching the top 8 of the World Championships for the first time in his career. Although the playing style is not very popular with fans, Yan Bingtao's progress is visible to the naked eye, and being able to eliminate the "big grinding king" Selby in a long-term game such as the World Championships is enough to witness his growth.
In the second round of the World Championships, Yan Bingtao faced the defending champion Selby. In the first 2 stages, Yan Bingtao relied on the patient defense of a stable attack and Selby to re-open the point difference to 9-7 after being chased by the opponent to 7-8.
In the first 16 innings, Yan Bingtao contributed 3 strokes 50+, of which 2 broke 100, Selby scored 8 50+, of which 2 broke 100. In terms of data, the success rate of both sides is 92%, and the success rate of Changtai Yan Bingtao has improved, 67% 3 percentage points ahead of the other side. An's global success rate is 84% higher than Selby's 78%.
At the beginning of the third stage, Yan Bingtao continued to work hard, 61-47 and 63-52 in two consecutive sets, to achieve an 11-7 lead. But Selby didn't mess up, and then scored 86, 117 and 88 in three consecutive sets to bring the score closer to 10-11.
In the crucial 22nd set, the two were again defensive battles, and Yan Bingtao took a 50-15 lead with a scattered attack. Selby seized on Yan Bingtao's mistake to bring the score closer, chasing it to 35-50. Subsequently, Yan Bingtao attacked the top bag yellow ball and made a fatal mistake, the yellow ball remained in the bag mouth, Selby accepted the yellow ball, green ball, turned the bag and scored the coffee ball, chasing the score to 49-50. Yan Bingtao scored pink and black balls, 63-49, ending the more than 80-minute battle. The big score was 12-10, and Yan Bingtao took the lead in getting the match point.
In the 23rd set, Selby defended and missed the ball, Yan Bingtao scored on the bench, single shot 112 points, one shot to win, ending the suspense of the game, the big score was 13-10, the first time to reach the quarterfinals of the World Championship. In the next round, his opponent will be Kim Left Williams, another former world champion.
The post-match data showed that Yan Bingtao was not as good as Selby in terms of offensive success rate, long stage success rate, An global success rate, highest scoring stick, and even total score, but in the end he won the showdown, which shows how difficult it is for him to win this game. Because of this, Yan Bingtao was very excited after the game and raised his fist with the fans on the spot to celebrate.
This time to eliminate Selby, Yan Bingtao set 2 records: 1, the first career to enter the quarterfinals of the World Championships, which is his career best result; 2, four kills Selby in a single season, maintaining an absolute psychological advantage over the latter.
At the same time, Yan Bingtao also "punched" Higgins in the face. At last year's World Championships, Selby beat Murphy 18-15 in the final to win his fourth World Championship title, matching Higgins' record, which described Selby as "the best player ever". What Higgins did not expect was that what he called the "best player in history" actually fell at the feet of a Chinese post-00s young player.